What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just… — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name. — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to… — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your… — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. — Matthew Shipp Copy Share Image
